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From: zax11/19/2015 5:06:14 PM
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More Mexican Immigrants Leaving U.S. Than Entering, Report Finds
By JULIA PRESTON NOV. 19, 2015

nytimes.com


People crossed International Bridge 1 from Laredo, Tex., in the United States to Nuevo Laredo in Mexico in May 2014. Credit Todd Heisler/The New York Times

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More immigrants from Mexico are leaving the United States than coming into the country, according to a report published Thursday by the Pew Research Center, a finding that marks the end of the largest wave of immigration from a single country in American history.

The shift marks the first time since immigration from the neighboring nation began to rise in the 1970s that fewer Mexicans came into America than returned home, the Pew report found. The reversal is primarily the result of a steep drop in Mexicans coming into the country.

While the border debate, especially among the Republican candidates for the presidential nomination, has focused on extending walls and expanding other enforcement measures, the Pew report indicates that stepped-up border measures under the Obama administration have already helped significantly in reducing illegal crossings by Mexicans.

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